Which of the following describes a rainbow table?

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Which of the following describes a rainbow table?
A . An attacker creates a table of mathematical calculations that can be used to perform cryptanalysis of encryption algorithms.
B . An attacker creates a table of mathematical calculations that can be used to perform cryptanalysis of hashing algorithms.
C . An attacker computes possible passwords and their hashes in a given system and puts the results into a lookup table.
D . An attacker computes possible hashing algorithms used in an encrypted channel and puts the results into a lookup table.

Answer: C